548 CLXvi. AEOiDB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rhaphidophora. 



SiKKiM HiMAiATA, alt. 2-5000 ft., J.D.H. Khasia Hills, alt. 0-4000 ft. 



A lofty climber, stem as thick as a child's wrist. Leames bright green on both 

 surfaces, segments 6-18 by 1-2 in., tip sometimes almost truncate but always more 

 acuminate than in S. eximia ; petiole 1-2 ft., as thick as the little finger. Pethmcle 

 3-6 in. Spathe bright yellow on both surfaces. 



18. R. affinis, Schoti in Bompland. v. (1857) 45 ; Prodr. 385 ; leaves 

 1-2 ft. longer than broad oblong base broadly cordate pinnatiseot or 

 pinnate, segments many pairs falcately eusiform acuminate narrowed at 

 the base 1-costate witb very slender lateral nerves, spathe 5-6 in. oblong 

 cymbiform purple cuspidate, stigma raised on the conical top of the ovary. 

 Engler Arac. 247. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5952), &c. 



Habit and characters of R. deoursiva, and as robust, differing as far as my 

 specimens and drawing tell, in the beautiful violet-purple spathe, and very slender 

 lateral nerves of the narrower unicostate leaflets. 



19. R. Korthalsii, Schott in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 129; 

 leaves oblong 1-2^ ft. by 6-15 in. pinnatiseot longer than their petioles, 

 segments many pairs linear falcate truncate acnte 2-4-oostate and many- 

 nerved, spathes crowded 6-8 in., stigmas slightly raised. Engler Arac. 

 247. 



'PKSAsg:, Maingag {Kew Distrih. 1555). Peeak, Scortechini, King's Collector. 

 — DiSTEiB. Java. 



Stem 30-iO ft., 2-3 in. diam., branching above, densely crinite below the upper- 

 most leaves and inflorescences. Leaves dark green j segments 3-8 in., base not 

 contracted; petiole as thick as the little finger, sheathed up to the knee. Peduncles 

 3-8 in., very stout. Spadix 6-7 in. cylindric. Ovaries very small. 



20. R' tetrasperma, SooTc.f. ; leaves 5-7 in. long and broad broadly 

 ovate or orbicular cordate sparingly pinnatifid lobes cuspidate or acuminate, 

 petiole rather shorter than the blade, spathe l|-2 in. turgidly cymbiform 

 acute, placentas each 2-ovuled. 



Pebak, Scortechini. 



Stem ^— i in. diam., flexuous, terete, rooting at the nodes, which are 3-1 in. 

 apart. Leaves often very unequal-sided ; lobes 1-2, broad, acute, 1-2-eostate ; petiole 

 channelled up to the knee. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout. Spathe white. Spadix 

 subclavate. Stigma a raised furrow on the top of the ovary. Merries full of inter- 

 cellular needles. — Scortechini figures and describes the oyary as 2-eelled, with an 

 erect ovule in each cell ; but Mr. Brown and I find 1 cell and 2 ovules on each 

 placenta. 



26. EPXPREiaNUItX, Schoit. 



Characters of Rhaphidophora, but the ovules are 1-3 anatropous on a 

 nearly basal placenta, and the berries are not confluent. — Species about 8, 

 Malayan and Polynesian. 



This genus had better be merged in Rhaphidophora. 



1. E. giganteiim, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 389; 

 leaves entire oblong obtuse base cordate, nerves very many and close 

 horizontal, spathe 6-10 in. subsessile fusiform falcate woody. Engler 

 Arac. 249. Scindapsus giganteus, Schott Mehtem. i. 21 ; Kunth Enum. 

 iii. 63. Monstera gigantea, Schott in Wien. Zeitsch. (1829), ex lAnr.sea, 

 1831, Litter. Per. 53. Pothos giganteus, Eoxh. Fl. Ind. i. 434. 



Penako, Roxburgh. Peeak, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



